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Try defrosting the fridge. Check the cold plate at the back of the food compartment once the fridge has been defrosted and turned back on again. The cold plate in the freezer (around the walls) will be cold to touch as will the cold plate at the back of the fridge,

The little fan inside the freezer is the one in charge of blowing cold air into the fridge area, the freezer control (thermostat), regulates how cold it should get, and the Refrigerator control regulates how much of this cold air goes to the fridge compartment. It is important to keep the door gasket clean at all times in order to have a good thight seal.

Check:

1.- That the freezer and fridge controls are set correctly, acording to manufacturers specs. (a common problem arises when by accident, the temp. controls are moved out of preset adjusment.

2.- That the fan is working and sounds strong, (If you keep the freezer door open for a couple of minutes, you should hear and see the motor kiking in.)

3.- Find the vent(s) in the fridge compartment and feel if cold air is coming thru when fan is working. If fan is working and blows no air, Take the freezer's back panel off, (4 hexhead screws) just enough to see inside and check if the evaporator (radiator looking component) is covered with ice, blocking the flow of air towards the fridge compartment, if it is, your defrost thermostat and-or timer are defective.

Your temp control for the fridge when you first start it, should be a bit higher than the one for the freezer. (the freezer should be in the low-middle range.) This control is nothing but a actuator for a door that controls the flow of air from the freezer. The bigger the number, the wider the door opens, and the colder the fridge gets.

Once the system is stable, let's say the next day, you can re-adjust your controls, (don't expect an inmediate change right away, change one digit a the time and check again next day) If you set your fridge too high and the freezer too low, the freezer may loose coldness and the problem would invert.

The fridge gets its cold air from the freezer through a vent(damper)
between the freezer and fridge.The fan in the freezer blows air through
it.There is a flap you adjust with the
fridge temp. control. Make sure it's opening and closing when you adjust the
fridge temp ..

The fridge gets its cold air from the freezer through a vent(damper)
between the freezer and fridge.The fan in the freezer blows air through
it.There is a flap you adjust with the
fridge temp. control. Make sure it's opening and closing when you adjust the
fridge temp ..

The water could have been frozen in the door and melted when your fridge warmed up.

The lower hinge on each door
may have a door closing cam. It raises the door up ¼ inch when opening and this
assist in closing the door. If it’s wore out and doesn’t work the door may not
seal and the gasket can be damaged. Watch the operation of the door to see if
it rises up when opened.

The fridge gets its cold air from the freezer through a vent(damper)
between the freezer and fridge.The fan in the freezer blows air through
it.There is a flap you adjust with the
fridge temp. control. Make sure it's opening and closing when you adjust the
fridge temp ..

If the evaporator coils behind the back panel of the freezer
are icing up because of auto defrost failure that will stop the circulation of
cold air and eventually affect the freezer too.

check defrost timer, defrost heater, defrost thermostat. In
most newer models the timer has been replaced by an electronic control board.
If the heater and thermostat are ok it’ll be the control.

How to check stuff> http://www.acmehowto.com/howto/appliance/refrigerator/refrigerator.php

that isn't a good model number doesn't show up on sears but if you're saying you touch the cold control and it runs then the control has to be replaced,when it stops try tapping on the control and see if it starts,the control tells it when to come on and off,they do go bad.go here and look up your model and you can see the part number,if the freezer is on top open the fridge door and look on the left side wall up near the ceiling and you should see a tag with the model number,if the freezer is on the bottom or side by side open the fridge door and look up at the right hand wall near ceiling and the tag is usually there,also there's a timer in some of these units and the timer tells it when to go into defrost and if this sticks this can also happen and they can be in the same area up in the console where the light is or like my fridge both are up top on fridge side,if you know where the timer is you can try turning it with a strait screw driver and see if it starts when you turn the timer but try to do this gently,if you tap the cover and it's the cold control you might start it lol all it sometimes takes is a light tap and the control will work again,if it doesn't start when the timer clicks from turning it just a few clicks then it will be the cold control and most probably it will be that,you can change it out,not hard,just install it the same way you take it out.

DO you have a thermometer to check the temp in both sections?
MY first guess at the temp problem is that the fan has quit OR the vent betwen the freezer and the fridge is blocked. I bet on the fan being bad.
Open the fridge door and hold in the little switch that operates the light. YOu should hear a fan running . If not, then the fan is kaput..
JOhnno.